Belt attachment



now on the market. .The. back v3,'which is the l Patented July 3l, i923..

vFig'. 6 is an end view, from* the the adjustment vclamp of Figs. 1', 2 and 3 adjusting means.l

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Burri?A ATTACHMENT. .Y

, Application kfiled July; 24,

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it'known` thaty I, SAMUL NEWMAN, a itizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Belt Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

l My invention relatesA to elastic extension devices for belts used Las ,articles ol apparel. Its object is tofprovide a neat, etlicienuoand inexpensive means for, allowing the belt to yieldl to the movements of the wearer; and prefer/ably to be adjustable, thereby affording the advantages of a buckle. A further object is to make the device readily attachable to a belt that has been otherwise :fitted for use, without detracting from the appearance of the belt and attachment. vOther objectswill appear in the course of the ensuing description.' I l' lattain these objectsby the .device illustrated, vfor example, inthe accompanying drawing, in whichf I Figure 1 Vis afront view of the attachment and parts o1E the belt to which it is attached; Fig. 2' is a horizontal lengthwise section on the plane of the line 2-2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 8 is a similar section, but showing the device extended, under tension; Y

Fig. 4 is an end view,` looking from thel Vleft ofV Figs. 1,' 2 and', oii the slide;

Fig. 5is a'iront'view of the slide; n

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Fig. v7 is a partial front elevation ofthe attachment, illustrating a vmodiiicaion of theV The attachment is to -b'e used at the iront, inthe place 'of the usual *belt buckle.' -The casing l is tubular, of oblong cross-section, and preferably is 'curved lengthwise," The front 2 is the convexV side, and is left intact, j

j and may be of smooth finish, ormay beorv namented in any approved mannenafter they (fashion ot various kinds of. belt buckles.

concave side, isfintact, except that near one end, the right handl endmas herein; shown, atitsmiddle, it has an openingV 4f from the right l,hand end,rorendi`ieXt to thecasingjj end, of which a 'tongue' `5 is depressed into the interior to project over toward the oppo-v site or lett hand end of the casing l. e

The slide 6 comprises armain part to it inside the casing l, lengthwise thereof, with a lug 7 at its left hand end, projecting back- 1922. seriaiulfmnoevf ward, and anges 8 turned backward'fronl its upper and lower lengthwise edges to eX- i tend partly across the back ofthis main part; i

leaving a ace between feachf'flange 8 and themain part, defined at the lettV by lthe lug 7 ,andan open'middle space between'y the edges of the flanges 8 thus'projectingl toward y eachother. A, y Y,

A; spring. 9 is formed of wire, in Hat series 'of bends, or in serpentine shape, with the :end loops of the bends within the opposite spaces under theflanges 8 and one end of the sprlngagainst the lug 7. The'other end 10 of this lspring is arched backward"toengage behind the tongue 5 of thecasing.v Thus, if the slide 6 is pulled to the right, relatively u to the easing 1,*thespring QScOmpressed,

and willgreturn the slide to thele tv when thev pull ceases. Also, the opposite loops'of the springbeing engaged under the .flanges 8 and the vend lO over the tongue 5110i the casing, theslide 6 is held tojmoveparallel' 'A Y with the back 3 voi" the casing, and ,be guided thereby, on account of the leverage of these spring engagements with relation tothe engagement of the slide with the right hand end of the 'back 3 as a ulcrum orany tendency to swing'the slide Gforward away from the Y:back 3 while being pulled to" the right."

Therightrhand Vend of the slide v(ip'rojects to the right past the end ofthe casing 1,'in the main partoi this slide, butthe" flanges 8 terminate at the casing end, inY the vEretracted position ofthe slide, the projected main part has' upper and lower ears Vl1 projected back.` rlhe lett hand endsof these ears 11 engagewith the right hand end of the casingattop andibottom, limiting the retraction'of the slidef6'y'by the spring 9. Near the right hand lends oi these"`ears'll are openings'in vertical alinement; yandthe' attaching jaw Vmember 12A has ltruiinions `in these openings and 'comprises a jawrl' projected forward with a toothed edge, andfga leverlii projected to theV left,` with the left end,` turned ...bac li for engagement Lof ther-- thumb nail under the lever for swingingA the lever lbackward Aandthe ,jaw to the left for insertion of-thejfendl5 oijtliel belt beice j Vtween the jawl'and the niain part vof thee f slide. When this lever 14 is pressed forward, f

swinging the jaw i3 to the v1'ight,the teeth of the jaw enter the belt end partV 15 andv clamp the beltv to the slide 6; The slide `6` lies backv from the interior of the front2 of the casing 1 for passage of the opposite end part 1G of the belt from left to right through the front part of the casing, alongside and in front of the slide 6.

ln the example of Figs. l and 2, the adjusting clamp member 17 (Fig. 6) has trimnions in openings in the top and bottom of the casing, near the back 3, and near the left end of the casing, out of the range of movement ofthe slide 6. A jaw 18 projects forward, and a lever 19 projects out of the casing end, tothe left.A Preferably, the front edgeof this jaw 18 is untoothed to hold the beltend part 16 merely by clamping pressure, against the inside of they casing front 2, when the lever 19 is swung back and this jaw 18 swung forward. `lt is so proportioned and mounted relatively'to the belt end part 19 of a given average thickness that. when thus clamped, a. pull on the belt to the left, relatively to the casing 1, tends to tighten the clamp, but the belt can be unclampen readily by pressing the lever 19 forward. Preferably the belt part has the familiar loop 20 to receive the free end or billet 21 of the belt part 16 after passing through the Vcasing 1, in the described adjustment.

ln Fig. 7 an Yordinary buckle 22 pivots 'to the casing 23 like the previous one ;V and the belt 24 receives prong 25 and is to be inserted through a loop such as the loop 2O .of .the other examples. Thus the casing 23 is substantially hidden by this part of the belt, and the equipment retains the appearance of any ordinary belt and buckle, as is by some preferred to the ornamental exposed casing of the other examples. ln any example, however, it will beseen that the spring mechanism is behind the belt part 16 or 24, andconcealed. This is important where the front 2 of the casing 1 in the first two examples is perforated in the formation of the ornamental design (not shown) las for instance in the provision of a letter or monogram, with the surface of the belt vappearing through the perforations in contrast to the surface of the attachment front, asnow may be seen in belt buckles on theY market. Thus my' attachment permits the sameV latitude of ornamentation as vany of the approved belt buckles, Vwith the addition Cir,

of a. compact and reliable extension device. The opening l permits insertion of an in! striiiment to disengage the spring 9 fromthe tongue 5,V or engage it therewith, whereby the device may readily be assembled'and readily broken.l However, the spring 9 may be made of very good materia-l, such as ne steel or bronze spring wire, and being a compression spring, breakage will be very infrequent.

lillodiiications other than those exemplified herein may occur, and therefore, while certain constructional details are deemed preferable, and I have shown and described these rather specifically, I do' not wish to be understood as being limited to such precise showing and description, but having thus fully described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is;

1. A. belt attachment comprising a tubular casing to be Vfastened to one belt end part, a slide to be fastened to another belt end part, guided by the top and bottom of said casing and having rear lengthwise flanges and a rear projection near its end remote from its fastening to the belt end part, said casing having, near its end adjacent to the slide fastening, la tongue projecting for- Vwardly from its back and projecting toward said slide projection, and having an opening in said back adj acentto said tongue, and asinuated spring with its loops loosely conlined to said slide by said flanges and having one end engaging withrthe slide projection and its opposite end engaging behind and against said tongue whereby said slide is held back against the back of said casing, and adapted to be disengaged from said tongue by an instrument inserted through said opening in said back, to permit disassemblage of vthe attachment.

2. A belt attachment comprising a` tubular casing, adjustable faste-ning means at -one end of said casing to fasten said casing to one end part of a belt, a slide in said cas ing with one end extending from the other end of said casing, means on this end of said slide to be fastened to another end part of said belt, said slide being guided by the top and bottom of said casing and having reallengthwise iilanges and a rear projection near its other end, and being spaced back from the front of said casing for passage yofl the one belt end part through said casing in iront of said slide, said casing having a forward projection from itsvback, be-

tween said ilanges, near saidV vother end of said'ea-sing, and a'sinuated spring' with its loop-s loosely confined to; said slide Yby sait ianges and having oney end engagingA with saidl slideprojection andxengaging its opposite endwith. saidcasing projection."

- SAMUEL 'NEWVMAN' lll) 

